4th of July

Crawford Parade

Papa Roger got Jaydon some sparklers and they were both happy!

Yodel-ay-he-hoo!!

As usual, Jaydon has his ears covered for the fireworks.  He thinks they are "too loud"!!  He found refuge on grandma Doris's lap.

A nice rainstorm went through just before we lit fireworks and left us with an awesome rainbow!

Then we all went inside to enjoy some guitar picking and yodeling.  Jerry Bomar, from Idaho, was visiting grandma and showed the boys a few songs he knew.

Fireworks

I stopped in Wyoming on the way back and picked up fireworks for the boys.  They shot screaming bottle rockets out of a pipe.  They were pretty cool.

The boys were all very excited about fireworks.  We don't normally buy them any, mainly for safety reasons, but they lit most of them and were pretty careful. 

The Pond

The fishing pond.  I think this just might be Jared's favorite place in the world. 

Jaydon has been obsessed with this clip-on mosquito repellent.

Even Corey caught a fish out of the pond.  The bass are all pretty nice and fun to catch.  But the northern are BIG, and the big ones always get away.  They bite through the line just about the time you can get a good look at them and see just how big they are.  Jared had one all the way to the shore and Ricky (dad's hired man) even had his hand on the monster, but it busted loose and swam away.  Jared was heart-broken.

Go Kart

This was Michael Humphrey's go-kart.  When he outgrew it, Ray and Syl sent it to the farm to be used.  The boys have driven it's wheels off this summer.  Even Jaydon has taken a turn or 2.  Luke Tiensvold came down to spend some time with Jared, so they had to take it for a few spins.

I'm a sucker for a sunset...

Boys on the Farm

Dad's cattle tank has goldfish and salamanders in it.  Jared focuses on the fish and Josh likes the lizards.

And Jaydon just loves...slip-n-slides. Anything to do with water!  Hoses, sprinklers, tanks, water balloons, water guns.  He should have been born with gills!